For the bronzed look

HYDERABAD: If paintings and glass sculptures aren’t your cup of art, then perhaps bronze sculptures are. Molded and welded to a variety a themes, the group show of Bronze sculptures at the Kalakriti art gallery will give you more than enough choice. The host of artisans include A Kiran Kumar, M Srinivasa Rao, M Sreenu, Ramakrishna G, S Kantha Reddy and Sukumar Reddy, all Hyderabad-based. Their themes revolve around abstract to social to imaginative.The bull-human series by Srinivasa Rao is an interesting reflection of the human psyche. While you’ll find one sculpture of the figure perched on a motorbike, Rao designed another with the Bull staring into a mirror and a while holding a blood-red lipstick in the other hand. An uncanny representation of the bull like ego and stubbornness akin to humans.M Sreenu explores the contemporary art with his auto stacked full of passengers, a liliput of a man perched on the lip of the petunia flower, a woman sitting on a roller coaster like track and a man balancing himself on a cauliflower. While interesting to observe, his inspirations are an acquired taste.Perhaps quite popular among the lot is the circus series by Ramakrishna. Five different sculptures of five circus acts, the series is a quirky artistic inspiration. However, his attention to detail are what make the series all that much more a smarter buy. All the sculptures are supported on bases that take the form of the shadow formed by the performer, giving an interesting reflective image of the circus act. A woman cycling on a single-wheeled     on a sleek concave ramp, a man on stilts balancing a stool on his forehead, a woman balancing another woman on her forehead and so on complete the circus series.Mantis and the man is perhaps a nightmare immortalised in bronze. The sculpture has a man on floor cowering from mantis perched on his legs. Though an untitled art piece, Kiran Kumar’s imagination is inconspicuously obvious. His other works are equally fascinating with a dog-like being lazing in a bath tub, flattened soft drink bottles designed into sandals and a man playing with a bird perched on his foot are other of his works.S Kantha Reddy indulges in a fetish for the face while Sukumar goes completely abstract with sacks of grain and a tree to signify growth. The sculptures are priced between `15,000 to `40,000, the average price being around `20,000. The exhibits will be on display till November 10 at the Kalakriti art gallery, Road No 10, Banjara Hills, from 11 am to 7 pm.